Here's a snippet from a working document I've had lying around since QC start.  Obviously I removed some things from this that might be considered spoilers.  As such, there probably isn't a lot here that's NEW, but some of you might find it interesting.

Name: Marshall James Bailey

Age: 30 (pre-island), 35 (time of story start)

Born: September 2nd 1982, Louisville Kentucky

Occupation: Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy – Naval Aviator

Education: Graduate Du Pont Manual High School, OCS and Flight School, AS Electrical Engineering, BS Aeronautical Engineering minoring in History

Hobbies: Mountain Climbing, Hiking, Sky Diving, Reading (fiction), Flying recreational fixed wing aircraft

Marshall James Bailey is the eldest of the two Bailey children born of Alize Dietrich-Bailey, and William Elton Bailey.  He has younger sister named Hope Samantha Bailey, who goes by the nickname "Sam".  Marshall is of Irish and German descent, and quite proud of the fact.  He is 5'10" and  167 lbs at story start... the island has pared him down to whipcord muscle and bone.   Marshall has dark brown hair and light blue eyes, which in the right light can be mistaken for grey.  He is very fond of hats.  

Marshall has spent several years overseas, and reacquainted himself with his mother's german relatives while serving overseas in Germany.  This and highschool studies make him a fluent german speaker.  Marshall's mother and father were practicing Catholics <section redacted>, as a result, Marshall himself is nonreligious, although he would not use the term atheist to describe himself, he is definitely NOT a practicing Catholic.

His accent is not terribly pronounced, even though he grew up in Kentucky, although it tends to come out a bit more heavily when he is tired, angry, upset, or oddly enough, when he feels comfortable enough around his current company to loosen up.  

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Marshall has no formal combat training, other than OCS drill and SERE, although growing up in Kentucky and his circle of friends during highschool means he is quite proficient with both rifle and pistol, and has some experience in hunting and driving offroad.  Likewise, he is, in his own words, "just good enough at wrestling to know I'm not nearly THAT good".  Time on the island will, of course, change this.

Marshall is very fond of dogs, but thinks cats are "assholes".  He has owned a string of dogs since adolescence, mostly German Shepards or Shepard mixes.  Marshall is an avid science fiction reader, and is particularly fond of Star Trek.  He is somewhat dismissive of Star Wars.  <authors note: Which is funny, considering what I have planned>

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Looking at this, it occurs to me that this is a bit of a tease, but oh well.  In other news, working on the next chapter.  Not sure how long it's going to be yet.  If I were pressed, I'd say I'm about half done.

Edit: On a sidenote, I would like to point out that Marshall's last name and home state came from this:

In fact, if Danny Bailey were a real person, the Bailey family are direct relatives.  So Marshall comes from a long line of crooks and rumrunners.